CN101365356B - Flexible shank for an article of footwear - Google Patents

Flexible shank for an article of footwear Download PDF

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CN101365356B
CN101365356B CN2006800490748A CN200680049074A CN101365356B CN 101365356 B CN101365356 B CN 101365356B CN 2006800490748 A CN2006800490748 A CN 2006800490748A CN 200680049074 A CN200680049074 A CN 200680049074A CN 101365356 B CN101365356 B CN 101365356B
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詹姆士·麦屈特
苏珊妮·沃尔夫·霍奇多尔佛
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A directionally flexible shank for an article of footwear is disclosed, which provides support to the bottom of a user's foot while providing flexibility for foot movements in one or more particular directions. The directionally flexible shank may also support the arch of the foot. The directionally flexible shank may include a plurality of articulatable segments that can easily rotate with respect to each other in a first direction and thereby permit the directionally flexible shank to flex away from the foot, while limiting articulation in an opposite direction. The articulatable segments are connected to each other via hinge structures, which may include living hinges formed of a thermoplastic material. The hinge structures may also be formed from a flexible sheet attached to a bottom portion of the directionally flexible shank. Methods are also disclosed for manufacturing the directionally flexible shank.

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The footwear core pad that is used for the flexible of article of footwear
Background of invention
Invention field
The present invention relates to field of footwear.More particularly, the present invention relates to be used for the footwear core pad (flexible shank) of the flexible of article of footwear, it provides support for the bottom of user's foot, and provides flexibility at one or more preferential directions.
Background technology is described
Conventional article of footwear comprises two main elements, i.e. vamp and footwear sole construction.The covering that vamp provides foot is firmly to hold with respect to footwear sole construction and to locate foot.Footwear sole construction is fixed in the bottom part of vamp, and is usually located between foot and the ground.Except the reaction force that weakens ground, footwear sole construction can also provide and adhere to frictional force, bottom and the arch of foot controlling potential harmful foot movement and support foot.Therefore, vamp and footwear sole construction acting in conjunction are so that a kind of activity that various needs move that is suitable for to be provided, such as the comfortable structure of walking and running.
Vamp is formed for holding the cavity of the footwear inside of foot.This cavity has the general shape of foot, and the inlet that enters this cavity provides by the ankle opening.Therefore, vamp is crossed the instep and the toe zone of foot, along the medial surface and the lateral surface of foot, and the heel area extension that centers on foot.The shoestring system is incorporated into vamp usually optionally to increase the size of ankle opening, allows the wearer to change some size of vamp, especially encloses length, to adapt to the foot of variation ratio.In addition, vamp can be included in the flap that extends under the shoestring system with the comfort level that strengthens footwear, and vamp can comprise that heel counter is with moving that restrict foot is followed.
The footwear sole construction of conventional article of athletic footwear generally includes a plurality of layers that are commonly referred to as the end, midsole and footwear outer bottom in the footwear.The end is to be positioned at the surface, vola (descending) of vamp and contiguous foot to strengthen the member thin, that strengthen comfort level of footwear comfort level in the footwear.Usually be connected to the intermediate layer of the midsole formation footwear sole construction of vamp along the whole length of vamp, and play the multiple effect that comprises the control foot movement and weaken ground reaction force.The footwear outer bottom forms the ground contact element of footwear, and usually by containing durable, the wear-resisting material manufacturing that strengthens the texture that adheres to frictional force.
The main element of conventional midsole is the resilient, polymer foam material that extends through footwear length, as polyurethanes, ethylene vinyl acetate (ethylvinylacetate).The character of the polymer foams in the midsole depends primarily on a plurality of factors, comprises the steric configuration of midsole and the concrete property of the material that foam of polymers is done in choosing, comprises the density of polymer foams.By in whole midsole, changing these factors, can change the specific requirement of the attenuation degree of relative hardness, ground reaction force and energy absorption with the activity satisfying footwear and be supposed to use.Except polymer foams, conventional midsole can comprise, as resist the stabilising arrangement of excessive inward turning and the slow device that closes of dispersion ground reaction force.Conventional midsole can also comprise the support component in the arch area, or they can comprise the removable arch support body that is arranged on the midsole top.
For some conventional article of athletic footwear that dancing and the activity relevant with dancing are used, the dancing soft sole as jazz's footwear, dancing shoe and specialized designs are used for conventional exercise has footwear sole construction very flexibly.These footwear sole constructions provide seldom support for foot, and do not have midsole usually at all.These footwear allow the wearer to be easy to the arch area of warpage foot because of different dancing gaits, but lack the support to wearer's arch of foot.The footwear relevant with dancing of other types has the required harder sole element of exercises of standing etc. such as rotation and toe, but this sole element is difficult in the arch area bending.
Summary of the invention
Each side of the present invention relates to the footwear core pad of the orientable warpage that is used for article of footwear, and it provides support for the bottom of wearer's foot, and the foot movement for one or more specific directions provides flexibility simultaneously.The footwear core pad of orientable warpage can also support the arch of foot of foot.But the footwear core pad of orientable warpage can comprise the sections (articulatable segment) of a plurality of articulation, they can easily rotate relative to one another at first direction, and allow the footwear core pad warpage of orientable warpage to leave foot thus, limit rightabout articulation simultaneously.But the sections of articulation is connected to each other by hinge arrangement, and hinge arrangement can comprise the hinges that is formed by thermoplastic.Hinge arrangement can also be formed by the sheet of the flexible of the base section of the footwear core pad that is connected to orientable warpage.
The method of the footwear core pad that is used to form orientable warpage also is provided.The advantage and the characteristics of the each side of sign novelty of the present invention particularly point out in the appended claims.Yet, in order to obtain better understanding to the advantage and the characteristics of novelty, can be with reference to following descriptive content and accompanying drawing, they describe and have explained various embodiments and notion related to the present invention.
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When read in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, the general introduction of front of the present invention and following detailed description of the present invention will be better understood.
Fig. 1 is the outer routine view of the article of footwear of each embodiment according to the present invention.
Fig. 2 is the top plan view of the article of footwear of Fig. 1.
Fig. 3 is the bottom plan view of the article of footwear of Fig. 1.
Fig. 4 is the decomposition view of the article of footwear of Fig. 1.
Fig. 5 A is the outer side view with the article of footwear of Fig. 1 of the arch configuration demonstration of bending.
Fig. 5 B has shown the part of footwear sole construction of the article of footwear of Fig. 5 A.
Fig. 6 is the outer side view with the article of footwear of Fig. 1 of the Forefoot configuration demonstration of the bending in footwear front portion and the ground contact process.
Fig. 7 A is the bottom plan view of the article of footwear of Fig. 1, and it has showed first twist configuration.
Fig. 7 B is the bottom plan view of the article of footwear of Fig. 1, and it has showed second twist configuration.
Fig. 8 is the outer side view of arch support body of the article of footwear of Fig. 1 according to embodiments of the present invention.
Fig. 9 is the outer side view with the arch support body of Fig. 8 of curved configuration demonstration.
Figure 10 is the top plan view of the arch support body of Fig. 8 of showing with curved configuration not.
Figure 11 is the top plan view with the arch support body of Fig. 8 of curved configuration demonstration.
Figure 12 is the outer side view of arch support body according to embodiments of the present invention.
Figure 13 is the decomposition view of the arch support body of Figure 12.
Figure 14 is the outer side view with the arch support body of Figure 12 of curved configuration demonstration.
Figure 15 is the top plan view of the arch support body of Figure 12 of showing with curved configuration not.
Figure 16 is the bottom plan view of the arch support body of Figure 15.
Figure 17 is the decomposition view of the arch support body of Figure 12, and it has showed the manufacture process of arch support body according to embodiments of the present invention.
Figure 18 is the outer side view of the arch support body of Figure 17 of in the near future showing with injection molding manufacturing step.
Figure 19 is the bottom plan view of the arch support body of Figure 18.
Figure 20 is the decomposition view of the article of footwear of another embodiment according to the present invention.
Detailed description of the present invention
Following discussion and accompanying drawing disclose according to the present invention the article of footwear 100 of each side.Footwear 100 are described in the accompanying drawings with the configuration that is applicable to sports and are discussed hereinafter, and this configuration has been particularly useful for utilizing the dancing activity and the exercise of relevant dance movement, as the exercise routines of jazz-type.Equally, when wearer's step or otherwise when foot applies downward power, the each side of footwear 100 is that the bottom of foot provides support, and provides support as the arch of foot to foot, allows the orientable warpage of arch area simultaneously.Other aspects provide the foot that vamp firmly is coupled to the wearer, allow to be applicable to foot bends simultaneously, curl and/or the flexibility of distortion, the bending of foot, curl and/or distortion is elemental motion in the dancing activity.The action of the miscellaneous part of foot, arch support and footwear 100 is described as the action of specific direction herein.Yet, should be appreciated that term direction can refer to the action of rotating, linear action or its combination, and other description languages of action.Similarly, the description of relevant power is intended to refer to general power, and can comprise moment, moment of torsion, vector, pressure or other description languages.
Though with footwear 100 is that background has been discussed these and other aspects, embodiment of the present invention can comprise the one or more aspects that are arranged in various combination described herein.In addition, about footwear 100 disclosed each side and notion go for various footwear types, as be used for general purpose footwear and custom-designed footwear types.For example, the each side of footwear 100 can be applied to be the custom-designed footwear of various sports, sports comprise, as exercise set pattern, dancing, basketball, baseball, football, Association football, walking and pleasure trip on foot, and can also be applied to various non-athletic footwear styles.Therefore, those skilled in the relevant art it should be understood that notion disclosed herein goes for various footwear types and the specific embodiment, configuration and the purposes that are not limited to hereinafter to be discussed and accompanying drawing is described.
Footwear 100 are depicted among Fig. 1-11 usually, and comprise vamp 110 and footwear sole construction 112.Vamp 110 is by sewing up and/or deadlocked the various material elements that are combined together to form internal cavities form, and internal cavities cosily holds foot and with respect to the position of footwear sole construction 112 firm foots.Footwear sole construction 112 is fixed to the base section of vamp 110, and provides durable, anti abrasive parts with decay ground reaction force when footwear 100 impact ground.Vamp 110 and footwear sole construction 112 cooperatively interact ground articulation, bending, stretching or otherwise move think that wearer's foot provides strong support, and in some direction be provided for the flexibility of foot motion in arranging.That is to say, vamp 110 and footwear sole construction 112 are designed to some action is allowed great flexibility, as when crooked its arch of foot of wearer with curl the bottom of foot or otherwise with Forefoot to the bending of sufficient rear portion, perhaps when the wearer with respect to sufficient rear portion distortion Forefoot.Yet, vamp 110 and footwear sole construction 112 are designed to have dual purpose, this is because they provide strong support for some other action, for example when running or walking, in the process that is applied downward power by the wearer, vamp 110 and footwear sole construction 112 attenuation power also provide arch support.
Compare with footwear 100, conventional dancing shoe or provide good supporting for the bottom of wearer's foot, and do not provide good flexibility for the action relevant with dancing, perhaps for the action relevant with dancing provides good flexibility, but provide seldom support for the bottom of wearer's foot or arch area.That is to say that flexibility and support be the focus of mutual game normally, conventional dancing shoe is by paying close attention to an aspect or paying close attention to another aspect and manage head it off.By contrast, comprise that the footwear embodiment of the each side of the present invention of being showed by footwear 100 can provide flexibility to the action on the one or more specific directions, and provide firm support the action of other directions.
For the purpose of reference, footwear 100 can be divided into 3 zones roughly as shown in Figure 1: footwear forefoot area 102, zone 104 and heel area 106 in the footwear.Each zone that zone 102-106 is not intended to accurately divide footwear 100.On the contrary, regional 102-106 is intended to be illustrated in each zone roughly of the footwear 100 that reference frame is provided in the following discourse process.Though regional 102-106 is applicable to footwear 100 usually, can also be specially adapted to independent parts or part in vamp 110, footwear sole construction 112 or vamp 110 or the footwear sole construction 112 to the reference of regional 102-106.
As shown in Figure 2, the various material elements of formation vamp 110 combine so that the structure of the protective cover (interior boot) 128 with lateral surface 107, opposed inside face 108, flap 126 and inside of forming the cavity in the vamp 110 to be provided.Lateral surface 107 extends along each of regional 102-106, and is usually designed to the Outboard Sections of contact and covering wearer foot.In addition, lateral surface 107, medial surface 108 and flap 126 form the ankle opening in the heel area 106 with cooperatively interacting, to provide the inlet that enters the cavity in the vamp 100 to wearer's foot.And, but the ribbon 124 of articulation both be arranged on the lateral surface, be arranged on again on the medial surface, to help that footwear 100 are fixed to foot, be provided for flexibility simultaneously such as foot bends or curling some action.
Flap 126 is along vamp 110 longitudinal extensions, and is oriented to contact the instep region of foot.The lateral parts of flap 126 is fixed to each inner surface of lateral surface 107 and medial surface 108.Shoestring 113 extends on flap 126, and passes the hole that is formed in lateral surface 107 and the medial surface 108, and these holes are preferably formed to passing the distal portions of ribbon 124.Flap 126 extends for 113 times at shoestring, so that the shoestring 113 and the instep region of foot are separated.
By increasing the tension force of shoestring 113, can increase the tension force of lateral surface 107 and medial surface 108, contact so that lateral surface 107 is pulled into foot with medial surface 108.Similarly, by reducing the tension force of shoestring 113, can reduce the tension force of lateral surface 107 and medial surface 108 so that provide additional space for the foots in the vamp 110.Therefore, this general configuration provides and has been used to the mechanism that adjusts the foot-suitability of vamp 110 and be used to adapt to various foot sizings.Ribbon 124 cooperatively interacts with shoestring 113, so that footwear 100 are fixed to foot, increases the flexibility that is used for some action simultaneously.Especially, as further discussing together with Fig. 5 A, ribbon 124 is articulation relative to one another, is used for carrying out foot around arch area with increase and curls or crooked flexibility.
Multiple material is applicable to and forms vamp 110.Vamp 110 can by, as being combined to form of leather, synthetic leather, natural or synthetic fabric, polymer sheet, foam of polymers, reticulated, felt, non-braided polymer or elastomeric material.Vamp can be formed by a plurality of material layers that comprise skin, intermediate layer and internal layer.Forming outer field material can select based on the performance of wearability, toughness and gas permeability.For example, the toe area of vamp 110 and heel area can be formed by sclerderm leather, synthetic leather or the elastomeric material of the wearability of having given the relative elevation degree, and part can be by providing the bigger toughness or the textile material of gas permeability to form in the footwear.If vamp comprises the intermediate layer, then the intermediate layer can be formed by decay ground reaction force and/or the lightweight polymer foam materials that makes foot avoid contacting the object influence of vamp.Similarly, the internal layer of vamp can be by forming from the absorbing sweat fabric of directly discharging sweat around the zone of foot.Each layer can connect with adhesive, and stitching can be used to connect each element in the individual layer or the specific region that is used to strengthen vamp.
As shown in Figure 1, vamp 110 is usually by sewing up at ad-hoc location or deadlocked two material layers that combine form, but for the purpose of flexible, above-mentioned two material layers can also be mobile relative to each other at diverse location.Material layer generally includes inner protective cover 128 and exterior material 122.Though discuss with two material layers, in fact inner protective cover 128 and exterior material 122 can be formed by the material of same-type.Thereby inner protective cover 128 is different material layers with exterior material 122, rather than is necessary for dissimilar materials.As shown in the figure, but exterior material 122 comprises the ribbon 124 of the articulation between heel portion 123, toe part 125 and heel portion and the toe part.Exterior material 122 is positioned on the outside of vamp 110, and inner protective cover 128 is positioned on the inside of vamp so that form the mid portion of the cavity in the vamp 110.Lower edge 127 (see figure 4)s of exterior material 122 are wrapped up the base section of foot cavity, and link together via suture or other devices near the top part of footwear sole construction 112.
The heel of heel portion 123 parcel foots, but and on lateral surface 107 and medial surface 108, be connected to the rear portion ribbon 141 of the ribbon of articulation.Similarly, the toe of toe part 125 parcel foots, but and on lateral surface and medial surface, be connected to the forefront ribbon of the ribbon 124 of articulation.But the ribbon 145 of middle articulation is arranged between the heel portion and toe part of vamp, and extends with layout zone 104 from the footwear of footwear sole construction 112 of common spoke-like.Except rear portion ribbon 141 and forefront ribbon 143, but the adjacent belts of ribbon 124 its back of imbrication of each articulation is partly covered by the adjacent belts of its front simultaneously.Similarly, rear portion ribbon 141 is partly covered by the adjacent belts of its front, and forefront ribbon 143 imbrication adjacent belts thereafter.Thereby, but the ribbon of articulation can move with respect to adjacent ribbon by sliding relative to one another to come.Ribbon can freely move relative to each other.These ribbons can also be in different fixed-site to the amount of adjacent ribbon with the restriction articulation.Can provide the mobile degree that changes between the ribbon at the adjacent ribbon of different fixed-site, with the flexibility of bending of control vamp.For example, as as shown in the configuration of Fig. 1, radial slot zygonema (radial stitch line) 131 can be connected to each other adjacent ribbon so that ribbon can be in the ribbon zone articulation (promptly between suture 131 and shoestring 113) relative to one another that is positioned on the suture 131, but at static toward each other under the suture 131 (that is, between suture and footwear sole construction 112).
Therefore, but the ribbon configuration by articulation, can to foot curl or other bending motions of footwear 100 provide the flexibility ratio of expectation.Fig. 5 A has showed when foot curls downwards or be crooked, the articulation of ribbon 124.As shown in the figure, the distal portions spacing distance S ' of the joint shoestring 113 of ribbon, with comparing apart from S of non-curved configuration shown in Figure 1, this is farther apart from S ' mutual distance.Further shown in Fig. 5 A, in BENDING PROCESS, when ribbon when suture 131 extends, they are articulation relative to one another, but keeps static substantially under suture.Shoestring 113 preferably is connected to the end sections of ribbon, makes that shoestring moves with ribbon when spoke-like configuration expansion and contraction.Like this, in bending motion, shoestring 113 is adjusted so that uniform support to be provided on the top section of foot.
As illustrated in fig. 1 and 2, inner protective cover 128 stride across from the footwear sole construction 112 of lateral surface 107 vamp top to medial surface 108 places sole element and be wrapped in the vamp 110, be the part formation inner boundary of the cavity in the vamp thus.Therefore, Nei Bu protective cover 128 is sealed zone 104 and Forefoot in the foot of foot and is divided 102 major part together with footwear sole construction 112.Although be not necessary, flap 126 is preferably formed the part into the protective cover 128 of inside.Inner protective cover 128 preferably is formed by flexible, poromeric material such as elasticity satin material, and it surrounds foot closely, and the while can be accompanied by foot movement and warpage and stretching, and provides gas permeability for foot.In other configurations, protective cover 128 can be formed by tartan, as being formed by the material that is called NEOPRENE, LYCRA or SPANDEX.
Inner protective cover 128 preferably extends along the mid portion of vamp 110, and does not cover the toe portion of foot.Like this, inner protective cover 128 surrounds foot closely, and can not limit the motion of toe in footwear 100.When wearer's bending, curl, during the distortion foot, wearer's toe can be mobile vamp 110 in where necessary, and can not suffer restraints as the protective cover configuration of the inside of the toe type of binding foot is contingent.For example, when the wearer when foot arch part 118 curls foot, the toe part 102 of footwear can slide off wearer's toe forward.Inner protective cover 128 can not retrain the motion of foot or restriction wearer toe, and this is because inner protective cover does not cover toe.
Inner protective cover 128 can form as elastic force satin material by being easy to paste the material that adjacent material slides.Thereby the outer surface of inner protective cover 128 can be easy to pasting the inner surface slip of exterior material 122.This can improve in the various motion processes, as the flexibility of the footwear 100 when makeing dance movement.For example, in the crooked example shown in Fig. 5 A, when wearer's bending foot, but the ribbon 124 of articulation can be easy to slide with respect to the protective cover 128 of inside.Inner protective cover 128 cooperatively interacts so that the maintenance of being close to of wearer's foot to be provided at footwear 100 with exterior material 122, simultaneously for the bending of foot, curl, distortion or other actions provide vamp 110 good flexibility.
Fig. 4 has shown the decomposition view of footwear 100 and footwear sole construction 112.As shown in the figure, footwear sole construction 112 generally include subgaskets 130, arch support body 132 in the footwear, be connected to the arch support body the rear portion footwear outer bottom 114 and be connected to the footwear outer bottom 116 of the footwear front portion of arch support body.When being combined together, subgaskets is arranged in the cavity of vamp in the footwear, is positioned on the lower limb 127.When being combined together, arch support body 132 also is arranged on the lower limb 127, and is positioned under the footwear subgaskets.
The interior subgaskets 130 of footwear contacts the surface, vola (descending) of foots and strengthens the comfort level of footwear 100.This liner can be the flexible polymer foams that extends the length that spreads all over footwear usually, as polyurethanes or ethylene vinyl acetate.When foot impacts ground, liner help to absorb, decay and/power that diffusion is run into.Yet, liner preferably relatively flexible so that allow foot in different directions and configuration, to move, as crooked, distortion or other actions relevant with dancing.
As shown in Figure 4, liner 130 can extend from heel area, and ends at the mid portion of footwear forefoot area, rather than extends through the toe area of the length of footwear until the front portion fully.In other words, liner 130 can not extend under wearer's toe in some configuration, and this can strengthen the flexible of arch of foot.In this configuration, when the crooked arch of foot of wearer, the part forward of liner can be more easily slided with respect to the footwear outer bottom of footwear front portion.In other configurations, substrate can extend to the anterior part of footwear front area fully, and this is favourable to the flexible of restriction arch of foot or for the footwear front portion provides extra buffering.
Further as shown in Figure 4, footwear sole construction 112 can comprise the bridge material 120 in the arch area 118, and its footwear outer bottom 114 with the rear portion is connected to the footwear outer bottom 116 of footwear front portion.Bridge material 120 can provide structural advantage and aesthetic advantage, as the seam between the edge 127 that covers vamp, and emphasizes flexible arch of foot to the wearer of footwear 100.Bridge material can be formed by thermoplastic, and as being formed by nylon, polyethylene, polypropylene or polyethylene block acid amides, it connects footwear outsole structures 114 and 116 with elastic type.Bridge material can also comprise off-load otch (reliefnotch) 178, and it has strengthened the ability of bridge material along its longitudinal axis distortion.In other configurations, bridge material 120 can be formed by the material of relative stiffness, as forming by elastic metallic, and its maintenance or impel the footwear outsole structures to be the configuration of expectation.Fig. 3 has also shown bridge material 120 from bottom view, and at this moment, bridge material connects the footwear outer bottom 114 at rear portion and the footwear outer bottom 116 of footwear front portion, covers the seam between the edge 127 of vamp simultaneously.
In the configuration of Fig. 4, the footwear outer bottom 114 at rear portion and the footwear outer bottom 116 of footwear front portion all are directly connected to arch support body 132.Yet in other configurations, footwear outsole structures 114 and 116 can be passed through intermediate structure, is connected to the arch support body as the sole sandwich structure (not shown).In addition, in other configurations, have only one in the footwear outsole structures 114 and 116 and can be fixed to the arch support body.Shown in configuration in, anterior part of the footwear of arch support body and rear portion can be connected respectively to the footwear outer bottom at rear portion and the footwear outer bottom of footwear front portion by adhesive or by other connection mechanisms such as melted join or mechanical bond.
Footwear outsole structures 114 and 116 is provided for the wearability of footwear kiss the earth.The suitable material that is used for footwear outsole structures 114 and 116 comprises any one conventional elastomeric material of the footwear outer bottom that is used in footwear, as carbon black rubber compound.The footwear outsole structures is separated with footwear outer bottom 116 self-movements with respect to the footwear front portion of the footwear outer bottom 114 that allows the rear portion, and vice versa, and this motion for different directions provides flexibility.Like this, for the various actions relevant with dancing, foot can be crooked, curl, distortion and warpage, and can not make the foot at footwear front portion or rear portion be subjected to significantly limiting each other.
In some configuration, the footwear outsole structures can comprise directed moving area 170 and 172 (referring to Fig. 3), and this can strengthen the wearer in the ability of some direction with respect to ground or slip of other contact-making surfaces or mobile footwear.The moving area 170 of orientation shown in Figure 3 and 172 remainders with respect to the contact-making surface 176 of footwear outer bottom preferably have lower coefficient of friction, when a people concentrated on these zone with the support of foot, this allows, and the wearer is easier to move its foot with respect to contact-making surface.For example, if the wearer is swing forward on the footwear outer bottom of footwear front portion, and roughly support is concentrated on the directed moving area 172, compare so with on the entire contact surface of the footwear outer bottom that support is dispersed in the footwear front portion, the wearer can more easily distortion on zone 172.
With can compare by the remaining contact-making surface 176 that the elastomeric material with relative high coefficient of friction forms, directed moving area can be formed by the material with low relatively coefficient of friction, forms as the material by leather or leather-like.Directed moving area can be formed the motion that helps some direction, as torsional motion or sliding motion forward.As shown in Figure 3, Ding Xiang moving area can include guiding piece 174 or other geometric configurations that helps in the orientation of the direction motion of expecting.Give an example, directed guiding piece 174 can be circular ridge or a groove as shown in Figure 3, and this helps the rotation on the directed moving area 170 and 172.In other configurations, directed guiding piece 174 can be angled parallel lines on the direction of motion of expectation, as the parallel lines that align with axle from the foot at rear portion to the footwear front portion to help the sliding motion forward on the directed guiding piece.
Further as shown in Figure 4, extend in arch support body 132 zone 104 in the footwear of footwear, and can extend into footwear front area and heel area.In general, arch support body 132 is footwear core pads of orientable warpage, and its downward power that applies for foot provides the support of relative stiffness, as the power that usually is subjected to when walking or the running.In configuration shown in Figure 4, directed footwear core pad profiling is for being that the arch of foot of foot provides support when footwear sole construction 112 applies downward power when foot.Arch support body 132 is orientable warpages, because it is configured to be easy to bending or warpage on one or more directions, but is configured to resist in the other direction bending or warpage.For example, arch support body 132 first direction be easy to crooked with adapt to foot curl or crooked, but provide rigid support in opposite direction.Thereby shown in Fig. 5 B, the arch support body is warpage easily, and when the arch area 118 crooked foots, the footwear outer bottom 114 that allows heel moves towards the footwear outer bottom 116 of footwear front portion with convenient wearer.Yet as shown in Figure 6, the arch support body is resisted rightabout motion, and thus when the wearer when foot applies downward power F, the arch support body supports the bottom of foot and arch of foot.Thereby concerning the downward many power that applied by foot, the arch support body plays with conventional midsole or its footwear core pad and similarly acts on, and the power that applies with distribution also provides support to the bottom of foot, and this can comprise the support to arch of foot.
Arch support body 132 is arranged on the position that is occupied by midsole usually in the conventional article of footwear; However, the arch support body can exist with sole sandwich structure.Conventional midsole is whole polymer foam structure, and its extension spreads all over the length of foot and has the rigidity of the proper motion that suppresses foot or flexible not.Compare with the midsole of the footwear of routine, arch support body 132 has articulated structure, and it gives flexibility high relatively on the one or more directions and articulation.The flexible structure of arch support body 132 (with the structure of aforesaid vamp 110) is configured in the motion of curling naturally of running or replenishing foot between other active stages, and can give sense of touch or the sensation that the light pin is run.In addition, arch support body 132 replenishes and follows the curling and crooked of more violent foot that the activity relevant with dancing take place usually.Yet, compare with light pin perhaps many conventional dancing shoes of running, when foot impacts ground in downward motion, arch support body 132 ground reaction forces of decaying, and reduce to be applied to total stress on the foot.Thereby arch support body 132 allows to provide structural support for moving downward of foot simultaneously in the warpage motion of leaving on the bending direction of foot.
In addition, shown in Fig. 7 A and 7B, the arch support body can be configured to provides flexibility to the torsional motion along its length.Like this, the arch support body can provide seldom opposing to the torsional motion of Fig. 7 A and 7B, wherein the footwear outer bottom 114 of footwear front portion on the direction opposite with the footwear outer bottom 116 of heel along the length rotation of footwear 110.This motion can be various types of relevant with dancing movable or other are movable desired.
With reference now to Fig. 8-11,, arch support body 132 is shown in more detail to show its various aspects.As shown in the figure, upper surface 133 profiling on demand of arch support body 132 is with the arch of foot that supports foot or be that foot provides other support.For example, arch support body 132 can be contoured to shape nature, on the anatomy of coupling foot usually, as having its cup-shaped or cup-like portion in its back-end to admit heel.In addition, the outer peripheral areas of upper surface 133 usually can lifting, to form arch support region 147 or to be provided for admitting and locating the sunk part of foot.In other embodiments, upper surface 133 can have non-contoured configuration.Thereby though be called as the arch support body, in other configurations, supporter 132 can be footwear core pad or other midsole supporter, and it supports the sole of foot usually and does not provide special support for arch of foot.
As shown in Figure 8, arch support body 132 comprises a plurality of sections 134,136 and 138, they can be from flat relatively configuration articulation each other on the first direction 160 that leaves foot, but is restricted from flat usually configuration during with the rotation on opposite, the second direction 162.Thereby arch support body 132 is formed on warpage on the first direction 160 usually, but on opposite direction 162 warpage or not than the warpage degree is low on direction 160 footwear core pad.Arch support body 132 comprise the front end place footwear front segment 136, rear end footwear rear segment 134 and be successively set on a plurality of interstitial segments 138 between them.In preferred configuration, but the interstitial segment 138 of three or four articulation is arranged in the arch area 118 of footwear.Yet, can adopt the interstitial segment of more or less number.Three sections provide good structural support to the power that applies downwards for arch of foot.Three sections also provide good flexibility at arch area 118 places that the curved major of foot will take place.In the configuration that has only two interstitial segments, the hinge between the sections has born the most of stress relevant with foot bends, and footwear have tangible bending in arch area.When adopting the interstitial segment of more number more, supporter may not have the enough rigidity of the power that applies of being used to decay downwards.
In the sections each connects adjacent sections via the hinge arrangement 140 of the base section that is arranged on the arch support body.In addition, between adjacent sections, form gap 142 with separately hinge opposite position, when the arch support body on first direction 160 during warpage, gap 142 sizes strengthen.Hinge arrangement can be thick about 0.5 to 3mm, and the height of arch support body can be about 3mm to about 30mm.Yet, preferably, to many article of footwear relevant with dancing, hinge 140 thick about 1mm, and arch support height about 5 to 15mm.
As shown in Figure 9, sections comprises the top part along sections, the relative shoulder shape zone 135 and 137 of the gap location between adjacent sections. Shoulder shape zone 135 and 137 can mainly be present in the top part of sections, or can extend so that big relatively contact area to be provided along the height of the sections on the hinge 140.Even so, when arch support body 132 during at first direction 160 warpages, oppositely move in shoulder shape zone, and the gap increases as a result.When arch support body 132 during at opposite, second direction 162 warpages, move in opposite directions to dwindle any gap in shoulder shape zone, contacts with each other and conflict mutually up to them.The conflict in shoulder shape zone 135 and 137 has limited the articulation of sections on direction 162, and avoids arch support body sizable degree of warpage (if warpage) on this direction thus.Fig. 9 has showed the warpage that arch support body 132 is exaggerated on direction 162.
As shown in figure 10, hinge arrangement 140 extends between the adjacent segment of part therebetween and has a width W.Like this, hinge 140 is in line usually to form wide longitudinal axis A along the arch support body, and sections can carry out limited rotation around longitudinal axis A.Thereby arch support body 132 can be along its length distortion to provide further flexibility to footwear 100.The width W of hinge arrangement can or reduce so that but the degreeof tortuosity of variation to be provided according to the expectation increase.Shoulder shape zone 135 and 137 preferably is configured to contact with each other at the zone line along width W, but can extend more or less the motion on the direction 162 provided the countertorque of desired amount or to stop moment of torsion.In addition, shoulder shape zone can be configured to have bigger or less desired contact area.In configuration shown in Figure 10, shoulder shape zone 135 becomes away from each other fan-shaped with 137 outside the width W of hinge arrangement.Thereby gap 142 is bigger along the periphery of sections, and even when conflict each other in relative shoulder shape zone, the gap can both exist to a certain extent.Make the size in shoulder shape zone compare with the width of arch support body relative little may be necessary, for example any materials is squeezed gap 140 in, is reduced with shoulder shape zone and contact flexibility to a certain degree on relevant noise and the permission direction 162 avoiding.
Arch support body 132 can be formed by thermoplastic elastomer (TPE), as nylon, polyethylene or polypropylene.In preferred configuration, because elasticity, the strength character of polyether block amide (PEBA) and be used to keep the memory character of its molded shape, polyether block amide (PEBA), the PEBA material that is called PEBAX as being made by ARKEMA is used for molded arch support body 132.Thereby the structure member of arch support body 132 can keep their shape as hinge 140 and shoulder shape zone 135 and 137 well owing to use the PEBAX material in over a long time.In addition, the arch support body that is formed by this material is harder, but can be crooked as required to absorb vibration and limited reverse flexibility is provided.
Multiple manufacture method is applicable to and forms arch support body 132.For example, arch support body 132 can be formed the injection-molded single-piece that forms, so that hinge 140 and sections 132,136 and 138 are formed by identical materials by single injection molding.Can extend in gap 142 to allow mould, and form sections and hinge thus by the molded arch support body of warpage configuration shown in Figure 9.Injection-molded cast gate (injection molding gate) can be set at each sections place offer each sections, and the mobile of material is blocked in the hinge area to guarantee thermoplastic.The single molded cast gate that is used for each sections can also guarantee that thermoplastic flows into hinge well so that firm, closely knit hinge 140 to be provided.In case shift out the arch support body from mould, so when the arch support body cools off, it can be held in substantially flat configuration reducing any mold memory, the excessive bias voltage arch support of the direction body of the configuration of the downward warpage that mold memory can be molded towards arch support body therein.
With reference now to Figure 12-16,, shown the arch support body 232 of flexible, it has further showed each side of the present invention.Except hereinafter discussing, arch support body 232 is identical substantially with arch support body 132.Arch support body 232 comprises the sections 234 of back, the sections 236 and the middle sections 238 of front, and they are connected to each other by the sheet 250 of flexible.The sheet 250 of flexible extends the length of arch support body usually and is connected to the bottom surface 270 of arch support body, and when the arch support body was placed in the footwear, bottom surface 270 was with relative towards the end face 233 of foot location.
The sheet 250 of flexible is velour (pile fabric), and it comprises piece of cloth 272 and fiber 274, as shown in figure 13.Piece of cloth 272 can comprise the fabric of tight braiding, and as RIPSTOP, it provides structural frame sections is held in the layout of expectation, allows their bending area articulation around fabric simultaneously.Yet piece of cloth 272 can be by multiple synthetic fibers and non-synthetic fibers, form such as the non-fibrous material of sheet of plastics material or such as the other materials of silk screen.Fiber 274 can be formed by multiple synthetic material and non-synthetic material, forms as polyethylene, polypropylene, nylon or other plastic materials and nonplastic material.In preferred configuration, the sheet 272 and the fiber 274 of flexible are all formed by nylon material.In a kind of configuration, the sheet 250 of flexible can be the side such as the ring in the hook-loop fastener of the securing member that is called VELCRO.The sheet 250 of flexible can be connected to sections by sections is molded in the fiber 274, and this will further discuss hereinafter.In addition, the sheet 250 of flexible can connect by other modes, as connecting by the viscosity connector.
As shown in figure 14, the pivot area of sheet 250 between sections of flexible is flexible, and described pivot area forms the hinge 240 between the sections.Like this, sections can be on downward direction around the sheet of flexible articulation relative to one another, this allows arch support body 232 orientable warpages.Yet the arch support body has limited its flexibility in the opposite direction by the shoulder shape zone 235 and 237 of adjacent segment, and each is takeed on the shape zone and conflicts mutually with the articulation on the restriction direction upwards.When the arch support body made progress warpage, everywhere in extended state, and shoulder shape zone 235 contacted with mutual conflict with 237 the sheet 250 of flexible at hinge 240.Therefore, piece of cloth 272 as shown in figure 13 preferably has good tensile strength properties, with the tension force at opposing hinge place when the arch support body makes progress warpage, as form by nylon or other high-intensity elastomeric materials tight braided fabric provided.
Arch support body 232 is different from arch support body 132 parts and also is, adjacent sections contacts with each other along its whole width substantially.Thereby as shown in figure 15, shoulder shape zone 235 and 237 is adjacent to each other across the width of arch support body substantially.In addition, shoulder shape zone 235 and 237 is adjacent to each other under relaxed state usually.Therefore, gap 242 shown in Figure 14 Figure 15 lax, do not exist under the flat state or very little substantially.
Because use the sheet 250 of flexible to be used for hinge 240, rather than be used for hinge with the same thermoplastic that uses of configuration of arch support body 132, gap 242 can keep less or can not exist basically under relaxed state.This is because thermoplastic has mold memory usually, when being in natural mode, this can bias voltage material make it return to its configuration when molded.Arch support body 132 will be molded with the configuration of downward slightly warpage probably, so that the space that forms shoulder shape zone 135 and 137 for instrument to be provided, as shown in Figure 9.Thereby arch support body 132 will have some mold memory probably, and mold memory will make the configuration of the downward warpage of arch support body 132 deflections, rather than be partial to the flat configuration of arch support body 232.The considerably less footwear of flexibility that arch support body 232 makes progress in the expectation arch area use and have superiority.Wide shoulder shape zone 235 and 237 and use the sheet 250 of flexibles to allow flat configuration under nature, to exist to hinge 240.Sections uses the thermoplastic of relative stiffness to make arch support body 232 might allow the considerably less flexibility that makes progress, and allows the downward flexibility of big degree simultaneously.
Arch support body 232 can also provide the flexibility of distortion along its length, just as expected.As shown in figure 16, the sheet 250 of flexible is shown as the width of width less than sections 234,236 and 238.Therefore, hinge 240 does not extend the width across arch support body 232, and this can improve along the flexibility of the distortion of arch support body length.The width of the sheet 250 by adjusting flexible makes its increase or reduces the width that extends across the arch support body, and flexibility more or less can be provided.For example, width is that the sheet of about 25% flexible of arch support body width can provide the arch support body that has along the flexible of the high distortion of its length.By contrast, width the sheet basic and flexible that arch support body width mates may have the warpage of considerably less distortion.
The same with arch support body 132, arch support body 232 can form by multiple manufacture method.For example, shown in Figure 17-19, can be by on the matte side of flexible material 350, forming arch support body 232 with sections 370 is injection-molded.Flexible material 350 is identical with flexible material 250, and only flexible material 350 comprises the protuberance 376 and 378 on the opposite end.When being injected into thermoplastic in the mould, can utilize protuberance that flexible material is anchored in the mould (not shown).The hole 380 that is formed in the protuberance can be set, to help the flexible material placement and to be anchored in the die apparatus.
In molding process, the fiber 374 on the matte side of thermoplastic infiltration flexible material also mixes with it, and this matte side is exposed to the inside of mould.Like this, between flexible material and sections, provide firm combination.Fiber can be formed by or materials similar identical with sections, and perhaps fiber can have identical with the material that is used for sections or similar fusing point.Thereby, in molding process, fiber at least partial melting to improve combining between flexible material and the sections.Before molded sections, bond optionally can be added in the fiber.In alternative manufacturing configuration, can flexible material be fixed to sections by adhesive.
Figure 20 has showed article of footwear 400, and except with regard to lining 490, article of footwear 400 is roughly identical with article of footwear 100.Lining 490 is the partially enclosed things around the previous section setting of arch support body 132.Lining 490 is connected to anterior footwear outer bottom 116, and thus the previous section of arch support body is kept the configuration of expectation.Lining 490 can be formed by multiple material, but is preferably formed by the Stretch material with relative low-friction coefficient.For example, lining 490 can be formed by the nylon material that is called LYCRA or SPANDEX.
Arch support body 132 is allowed to slide in lining 490, and this can move anterior footwear outer bottom 116 with respect to arch support body 132.This may have superiority to the flexibility that strengthens footwear in the crooked or curling motion process of foot.For example, in downward BENDING PROCESS, the arch support body may have than the big bending radius of bending radius between the footwear outer bottom 116 of the footwear outer bottom 114 at rear portion and front portion, and this may cause the shear stress between arch support body and footwear sole construction 114 and 116.Allow an end of arch support body to move and to reduce or to avoid these stress, the destruction of improving flexibility and avoiding stress thus to cause with respect to footwear sole construction 114 or 116.The flexibility of the bending that other configurations are directed downwards with improvement can be provided and reduce stress in the footwear sole construction.For example, lining can be arranged on the rear end of arch support body, can cover whole arch support bodies except that an end of arch support body, the whole arch support body of perhaps can packing into.
Above and with reference in the accompanying drawing of various embodiments the present invention is being disclosed.Yet this disclosure role provides the various features related to the present invention and the example of notion, rather than limits the scope of the invention.Person of skill in the art will appreciate that, can make various changes and modification to above-mentioned embodiment and do not depart from the scope of the present invention that defines by claims.

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1. footwear core pad that is used for the orientable warpage of article of footwear sole, the footwear core pad of described orientable warpage comprises:
A plurality of sections, its length along the footwear core pad of described orientable warpage sets gradually, between the adjacent segment of described sections, form the gap on the upper surface of described footwear core pad; And
A plurality of hinge arrangements, each in the described hinge arrangement is arranged between the adjacent segment of described sections, and is oriented on the direction transverse to the length of the footwear core pad of described orientable warpage, and described sections and described hinge arrangement are formed by single material.
2. the footwear core pad of orientable warpage as claimed in claim 1, wherein each sections comprises base section and relative top part, and described hinge arrangement is arranged on the described base section.
3. the footwear core pad of orientable warpage as claimed in claim 2, wherein each sections comprises the shoulder shape zone on the lateral surface, contiguous one of them described hinge arrangement is arranged in described shoulder shape zone, and it is relative with the shoulder shape zone of adjacent segment, when the footwear core pad of described orientable warpage at first direction during around described hinge arrangement warpage, relative shoulder shape zone in the described shoulder shape zone is moved apart, and when the footwear core pad of described orientable warpage on opposite second direction during warpage, the relative shoulder shape zone in the described shoulder shape zone moves together.
4. the footwear core pad of orientable warpage as claimed in claim 3, wherein when the footwear core pad of described orientable warpage on described second direction during warpage, relative shoulder shape zone in the described shoulder shape zone forms the block piece of conflicting each other, to resist the bending of footwear core pad on described second direction of described orientable warpage.
5. the footwear core pad of orientable warpage as claimed in claim 1, the width of wherein said hinge arrangement is littler than the width of adjacent segment, and described hinge arrangement is arranged on the longitudinal component of centre of the footwear core pad of described orientable warpage, with the longitudinal axis of the footwear core pad that forms described orientable warpage and allow the footwear core pad of described orientable warpage to twist around the described longitudinal axis.
6. the footwear core pad of orientable warpage as claimed in claim 1, the footwear core pad of wherein said orientable warpage is formed by the elastomeric material of integral body, and described hinge comprises the hinges that the elastomeric material by described integral body forms.
7. the footwear core pad of orientable warpage as claimed in claim 6, wherein said elastomeric material comprises polyether block amide PEBA.
8. the footwear core pad of orientable warpage as claimed in claim 1 also comprises the top surface that the upper surface by described sections forms, and described top surface comprises and is applicable to the profile that engages foot.
9. the footwear core pad of orientable warpage as claimed in claim 8, wherein said profile comprise the lifting part that forms the arch support body.
10. the footwear core pad of orientable warpage as claimed in claim 8, wherein said profile comprise the sunk part of the heel that is used to admit the wearer.
11. an arch support body that is used for article of footwear, described arch support body comprises:
A plurality of sections, its length along described arch support body sets gradually and forms top surface, described top surface has the lifting profile of formation to the support of the arch of foot of foot, form the gap on the described top surface between the adjacent segment of described sections, described a plurality of sections are formed by thermoplastic; And
A plurality of hinge arrangements, in the described hinge arrangement each is arranged between the adjacent segment of described sections, and be oriented on the direction transverse to the length of described arch support body, described hinge arrangement allows described a plurality of sections leaving the corresponding hinge rotation in described hinge on the first direction of described top surface, limit described a plurality of sections simultaneously and rotate up in opposite second party, described sections and described hinge arrangement are formed by single material.
12. arch support body as claimed in claim 11, wherein each sections comprises the shoulder shape zone on the lateral surface, contiguous one of them described hinge arrangement is arranged in described shoulder shape zone, and it is relative with the shoulder shape zone of adjacent segment, when described arch support body at described first direction during around described hinge arrangement warpage, relative shoulder shape zone in the described shoulder shape zone is moved apart, and when described arch support body on described opposite second direction during warpage, the relative shoulder shape zone in the described shoulder shape zone moves together.
13. arch support body as claimed in claim 11, wherein each sections comprises base section and relative top part, and described hinge arrangement is arranged on the described base section.
14. a method that forms the footwear core pad of orientable warpage, described method comprises:
Formation has piece of cloth and the sheet of the flexible of the plurality of fibers that extends from described piece of cloth; And
The sections structure is molded on the sheet of described flexible, described molded step comprises thermoplastic is molded on the described fiber with the form that is separated from each other and be successively set on a plurality of sections on the sheet of described flexible.
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